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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ellie Seymour

Could a New York hotel fix my insomnia in the city that never sleeps?

The Bryte Sleep Suite is just one of a few places in New York dedicated to helping guests with their sleep - (Park Hyatt)

Listening to quantum harmonics is going to make you feel really relaxed,” says Kevina, my therapist. I’m not sure what she means, but I go with it. I’m lying face up on an illuminated treatment bed partially filled with water, cocooned under a curved ceiling in a darkened room that feels like a luxurious bunker. Kevina places a pair of padded noise-cancelling headphones over my ears and covers me with a weighted blanket.

“I’ll be back in 30 minutes,” she says in a hushed voice, and she dims tiny spotlights and leaves the room.

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